Profile of Keith & Heather Nicol

Biography

Contributors Keith and Heather Nicol live in Corner Brook and are avid explorers of Newfoundland. Keith can be reached at knicol@swgc.mun.ca

All articles of Keith & Heather Nicol

• Exploring off the beaten track
  We were heading east from Corner Brook on the Trans-Canada Highway dodging a caravan of airstream trailers and trucks as we approached the ...
• Theatre and adventure in Gros Morne
  The plan was to spend the weekend in Cow Head and see four plays that were being presented by Theatre Newfoundland Labrador (TNL) and also ...
• More west coast festivals
  No sooner had we unpacked from the excellent Trails, Tales and Tunes Festival which was centred in Norris Point in spectacular Gros Morne ...
• Trails, tails and tunes
  “My scariest encounter with a moose happened just around the bend,” Gros Morne National Park’s interpreter, Kris Orevec, told us.“I was walking ...
• Celebrating winter west coast style
  Although this winter got off to a slow start in Corner Brook, since mid-January it has been snowing almost nonstop.Driveways are looking like ...
• Getting a jump on summer
  Tourism - Tourism has been billed as the saviour of rural parts of Newfoundland and Labrador. With paper mills packing up and the fishery being ...
• Along the Appalachian Trail
  The Appalachian Trail in the United States runs 3,500 kilometres from Georgia to Maine and it is used by an estimated three to four million ...
• Glorious Gaspé
  The whoosh on the other side of the boat caught everyone by surprise and we turned in unison with cameras ready. Then we saw the blow from the ...
• Spontaneous Compulsion
  Sometimes, trips take on a mind of their own. xxIt had been some time since we had ventured east of Gander, and we were perhaps the only people ...
• Paddling with the BERGS
  From the "Pole Hill" viewpoint overlooking Little Bay Islands, we could see the spires of the iceberg in Wellman's Cove. Little Bay Islands is ...
• Fit to drink?
  It was early June and we had stopped at one of the most popular roadside springs in western Newfoundland to sample the water. The Stephenville ...
• Top of the world, Ma
  We were in the middle of breakfast when the first announcement came. "A polar bear has just been seen on the port side." Like everyone else, I ...
• Picturesque Port
  Although we have visited the Port au Port Peninsula many times over the past 25 years, we rediscovered it last summer through its new hiking ...
• Kicking back in the wild West
  Spring is typically a cruel time of year to live in this province. While the rest of the country has warming temperatures and blooming flowers, ...